{"id":115095,"date":"2024-11-10T00:09:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T23:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=115095"},"modified":"2024-11-10T00:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T23:09:48","slug":"nigerias-ngozi-okonjo-iweala-emerges-sole-candidate-for-wto-director-general-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerias-ngozi-okonjo-iweala-emerges-sole-candidate-for-wto-director-general-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Emerges Sole Candidate For WTO Director-General Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nigeria\u2019s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged as the sole candidate for the role of director-general at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).<\/p>\n<p>The WTO said the former Nigerian finance minister agreed to a second term for the organisation\u2019s top job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNominations for Director-General closed; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala confirmed as sole candidate,\u201d the WTO said in a Saturday statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmbassador Petter \u00d8lberg of Norway, Chair of the General Council, informed WTO members on 9 November that no further nominations for the position of Director-General had been received by the deadline of 8 November and that the incumbent Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is therefore the only candidate for the role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDirector-General Okonjo-Iweala confirmed her willingness to serve a second four-year term in the role in a letter to the Chair on 16 September. On 8 October, the WTO formally commenced the process for appointing its next Director-General, with members given until 8 November to submit nominations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The WTO said the chair of the General Council will communicate the next steps in this process in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe process was led by the General Council Chair in accordance with the WTO\u2019s \u201cProcedures for the Appointment of Directors-General,\u201d the organisation said.<\/p>\n<p>Okonjo-Iweala\u2019s present term will end on 31 August 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The former minister was appointed as the WTO director-general on February 15, 2021, becoming the first woman and also African to lead the trade organisation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged as the sole candidate for the role of director-general at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). 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